During that time it came to a major deal, several entries in music charts and playtime on MTV Germany. After J.D. quit, the band kept going as a trio. They went back to their roots and thought about their strength in music: more metal and a bigger, badder sound! This marks the birth of Sub Dub Micromachine.
The SDMM phenomenon made its rounds: there wasn’t a club in the country the ‘Micromachine’ didn’t bring to the boiling point. The first album called Rabautz! was finally released in the spring of 2002 on Tubareckorz/SPV.The songs were down to the point, talking about real life situations: everything from love to hate, everyday craziness and the sometimes hard life of a musician.
The second album entitled Auferstanden! followed in 2008 along with a lavish high-quality music video for “Road to Nowhere”. As of 2014 the band is back in studio and recording their third album.
No Return
Sub Dub Micromachine Lyrics
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The world seemed hugh / The sky so high
All days took so long to drift away / I thought that's final for my life
So I've grown up and realized by and by / Life went to worse but it's no use to hide
Chorus:
No return / I tear along downhill
No return / Have to go straight on / Till I'll be burried in the grave of time
Dirt and stench / Around me everywhere
Hate and violence / Rule the world
Ain't got no choice / So try to hang in there
I curse the damned day of my birth
I can't go back how hard ever I try
Never I'll hold up the course of time
Chorus
Can never live in the past \ And my time goes by so fast
I have to spend my time with pain \ I'm goin' insane
So I have to accept the game
No fuckin' way for me to turn the time back again
Chorus
The lyrics of Sub Dub Micromachine's song No Return depict the singer looking back on his life as a little boy when the world seemed huge and the sky was so high. He recalls how the days took so long to drift away, and he believed that was the finality of his life. However, as he grew up, he realized that life had gone to worse, but it's no use to hide from it. The chorus emphasizes the theme of no return, as the singer tears along downhill in an endless one-way journey that will end only in the grave of time.
The verse continues to describe the world around the singer, filled with dirt, stench, hate, and violence. He has no choice but to try to hang in there, and he curses the day of his birth. The singer understands that he cannot go back no matter how hard he tries, and he can never hold up the course of time. He laments that he can never live in the past, and his time goes by so fast, leaving him with pain and driving him insane. Therefore, he has to accept the game and move forward, with no way to turn the time back again.
Overall, the song's message revolves around the idea that life is a one-way journey with no turning back, and one must live with the pain, move on, and accept the game. The lyrics successfully create a sense of melancholy and hopelessness, emphasized further by the bleak and intense instruments and vocals.
Line by Line Meaning
It's long ago / I was little boy
It has been a while since I was a young child
The world seemed huge / The sky so high
As a child, the world appeared vast and the sky seemed endless
All days took so long to drift away / I thought that's final for my life
As a child, each day felt like it would never end, leading me to believe that life would always feel this way
So I've grown up and realized by and by / Life went to worse but it's no use to hide
As I grew older, I came to understand that life can become more difficult, and it is pointless to try to hide from it
No return / I tear along downhill
I am unable to turn back and my life feels like it is going downhill at a rapid pace
An endless oneway is my life
My life feels like it is moving in only one direction with no way to turn back
No return / Have to go straight on / Till I'll be burried in the grave of time
I must continue forward and not look back until my time comes to an end
Dirt and stench / Around me everywhere
I am surrounded by filth and unpleasant odors
Hate and violence / Rule the world
The world seems to be dominated by feelings of anger and aggression
Ain't got no choice / So try to hang in there
I feel like I have no options, so I try my best to persevere
I curse the damned day of my birth
I feel angry and resentful towards the day I was born
I can't go back how hard ever I try
No matter how hard I try, I cannot turn back time to change the past
Never I'll hold up the course of time
I cannot stop the forward movement of time
Can never live in the past / And my time goes by so fast
I am unable to live in the past and time seems to pass very quickly
I have to spend my time with pain / I'm goin' insane
I must endure pain and suffering which is driving me crazy
So I have to accept the game
I must come to terms with my life and accept my circumstances
No fuckin' way for me to turn the time back again
I do not have a way to turn back time and change the past
Contributed by Colin J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.